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Fahlerz With Siderite

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Fahlerz With Siderite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Schwaz District, Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 9.5 × 4 cm
Description

An austrian classic: Ore specimen consisting of rough silver-containing fahlore and siderite. Comes with very beautiful old label containing exact description; difficult to read because it is a mixture of old Sütterlin script and normal handwriting. The label means:
'Nr. 276 Fahlerz u. Siderit - mit 2% Ag (1 Teil tipisch) - Loc: Schwaz in Tirol, Altzecher Revier, Bertha liegend Gang, anno 1890' (Nr. 276 Fahlore and siderite - with 2% Ag (1 part typical) - Loc. Schwaz in Tyrol, Altzecher mining region - Bertha adit floor, in the year of 1890).
Weight: 350 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fahlerz

Variety Of: 

Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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